To eradicate something is to get rid of it so completely that it is gone — pulled out by the root, which is what the Latin pieces say.

To eradicate something eradicate是is to get rid of it so completely that it is gone把某個東西完全去除到消失pulled out by the root就像連根拔起一樣which is what the Latin pieces say這是拉丁文字根本身的意思

We use it for big, serious targets: a disease, a pest, a cruel practice, sometimes poverty in a slogan.

We use it for big, serious targets我們會用它形容重大、嚴重的目標a disease, a pest, a cruel practice疾病、害蟲、殘忍的習俗sometimes poverty in a slogan有時候口號裡也會用來講貧窮

You would not eradicate a stain on a shirt or eradicate your homework; that is too heavy a word.

You would not eradicate a stain on a shirt你不會用eradicate形容襯衫上的污漬or eradicate your homework也不會用它形容你的作業that is too heavy a word那個詞太重了

Doctors talk about eradicating a disease when they mean wiping it out, not just bringing the numbers down.

Doctors talk about eradicating a disease醫生講eradicating一種疾病時when they mean wiping it out指的是徹底消滅它not just bringing the numbers down而不只是把數字降下來

With social problems, people promise to eradicate them, though actually that is a very high bar, and the word can sound like a politician’s promise. If you only cut the top off a weed, it comes back; eradicate means you took the root.

With social problems講到社會問題時people promise to eradicate them人們會承諾要eradicate它們though actually不過事實上that is a very high bar這是個很高的標準and the word can sound like a politician's promise這個詞聽起來可能像政客的承諾If you only cut the top off a weed如果你只是把雜草的頂端剪掉it comes back它還是會長回來eradicate means you took the rooteradicate指的是你把根都拔掉了